Combination railway-tie.



APPLIOATION I ILEB [A B- 30, 1912.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

vention showing the rails 111' 35 F srnrrns PATENT car es.

; p I amss-ngnomnsnena, or: PITMAN, PENNSYLVANIA *CBINATIUN RAILWAY-TIE,

\ Specification of Letters Patent Patented An e, 191-2.

Applicationfiledllarch 36,1912. Serial-No. 687,366,

To allwhom it may co'ncm'ri K Be it known that L'J aiuns M.--Ro1smnncnn,

a citizen of the United i States, and: a pest, dents of Pitman, in the county of Schuylkill a andl State, of Pennsylvania,- ;haveinvented cert-ain 'new and useful lmpro-vementsin" Combination Railway-Ties, of which-the following is a specification, reference being had to'the accompanying .drawings.

This invention has relationto certain new and useful improvements in ties used to:sup

portrailroad railsand the object of yinvention is to provide a composite tie includ ing a metal frame and concrete filler including sufiicien'telasticity insuring the rails bei ng properly held while further including apo sit'ivemeans for securing the rail to the i With these and other objects in view the .20

In the accompanying drawings forming a' part of this specification and in which like [numerals of reference indicatesimilar parts I in the several views 2 Figure l,'shows a side elevational view,'with parts broken away, of the tie constructed-according tomy in- 2, is. a section on line 2, *Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a section on line 3, 3 of.- Fig.-2. "Fig; 4, is atop view of one end of the tie. M ost metal andcomposite ties are objectionable in thatthey are too stiff and'rigid.

is found that the sleepers supporting railroad rails must possess a certainhmount Y of giveja-nd elasticity. In my present invention I provide arailr'oad tiewhich, while enemy shown in Fig. 1. Held between osition. I Fig -of sufiicient strength, possesses 'a sufficient at'metal base plate 1. fHe'ld endblo'cks 2, '2 each having itslinner face as, Tangled outward from the upper edge as v gnsvin obliq 5 3a ,and'thickness and held upon these blocks-is a? top plate 4, havingtwvo parallel: upstanding. flanges '5, 5. Held between theflanges 5, 5 is an apertured bed block 6, oiathickness equaltO the height of the flanges 5, 5, two such bed blocks being used, one at each -end,-as shown in Fig. 1. Each bed block is ro -vided with a lug 7, having an outstanding'hp 8. A bolt 13, is employed to. hold the bed blocks to the tie structure; As

the end blocks 2, have registerin bolt' 'jopeningsy,to receive thebolts 13, misconstruetion being clearly shown in Fig. 3. Securely held to each base plate, is a clamp I standing lip 9 1 v As shown in Fig. 3, the base plate 6, the 'top plate 4, and the end member 2, and base plate 1, each have an opening to receive a bolt 14. a 3 i From the foregoingit will be noticed that each, base plate is held. to the tie by means of two bolts, while arranged to be held below the lips 8 and 9, isthe. base of a suitable rail A.

The central key block the base and top members is held between and 4, by means-z construction being shown in a 1g. 1 The lugs 7, come upon the outsidesd thatthere amount of elasticity is [to the structure, in. that "the blockgi lr e permitted a movement within certainflimits.

v A tie constructed accordingftoxrny invention is of sufiicient elasticity to 'permit of the vibration ofthe rails A, sofas-toinsure easy riding of the rolling stock over the rails. The tieis further simpleand comparatively inexpensive in construction and both desirable and efficient in operation. Further the blockscan beeasily replacedin case of fracture while I the mos are absolutely held against casual dis'placement. r Havin thus describedfmy}fsa id invention, 1 what I o aimas newand desire t f United States-Letters Pa tentiis' A composite tie, including; a flat basezplate, two similar concreteizend eachj'havin'gits inner; facea-ngled 'o e upp edge, wen

shown thetop plate 4, the base'plate l," and is no danger-'ofthe rail spreading, and as disclosed in, Fig. 2, the rail isheldupon the 90 block 10, having a bolt opening and an outof a bolt 20, having a securin nut 21, thislsfi said angled faces, a top plate having two said top plate central block and base plate,

parallel upstanding edge flanges resting said lips being arranged to clamp upon the upon said blocks, an apertured bed block base of a suitable rail held upon said flanges 15 01 a thickness equal to the height of said and a bed block, and nuts upon said bolts flange with an outstanding lip located near .to hold said members together, as and in the each end of said top plate, a bolt passin manner set forth.

through each bed block, end block and sai In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature,

top and base plates, an apertured clam in presence of two Witnesses.

block upon each bed block having an on 7 JAMES M. ROMBERGER. V standing lip, a bolt passing through each 'VVitnesses:

clamp block, bed block, top plate, an end W. W. RoMBnRGnR,

block and base plate, a bolt passing tliroi' g'ii FELIX DEITRICH. 

